July 2011 Articles (60)

I'm new in Denver and need some tennis players to play with. I don't know my rating. I live close to Wash Park. I'm pretty much free anytime right now (still looking for job). Hope to hear from all of you. Thank you.

Don't forget, this is the last day to enter my free Wilson Hollowcore giveaway. My July monthly string giveaway is near approaching. TO ENTER: just find my blog post on my website that is about my free hollowcore giveaway and comment about why you should win, its that simple. Visit www.racketstringingtips.com.

Today is quarterfinal day at the Citi Open in College Park, Maryland. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th seeds all survived early rounds and are ready to battle their opponents on the other side of the net and the heat. It was a suffocating kind of heat yesterday afternoon when I arrived at The Tennis Center at College Park, but after the first match and a half it seemed to cool off a bit. This…

Delaware native Madison Brengle was one of six qualifiers to win a main draw match this week at WTA Tour and ATP World Tour tournaments. Brengle, ranked 222nd and from Dover, Delaware beat Melinda Czink 7-6(5), 7-5 in the first round at the Citi Openin College Park, Maryland.

Are you with me here... does work get in the way of tennis, hopefully not but you can follow the major tournaments and get updates via text messages. You can get the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles on text by visiting the Farmers Classic text Alerts. I will be doing some research and hope to have some more tournament information on text alerts soon. Please contact your cell carrier first to check… Continue

This Week in Tennis headquarters packed up bright and early this morning to drive the 2.5 hours to College Park, Maryland for the inaugural Citi Open. The WTA tournament is being held at the Tennis Center at College Park and features main draw players from 18 different countries.

When I arrived at the event site I was greeted by friendly staff that pointed me in the direction of the…

I was briefly amused at the article atTennis magazine online -Daily Spin about the Andy Murray Doubles match against Blake -Isner and how Andy's older brother was using tweeter skills to throw some insults and some trash talk regarding the match and withdrawing from doubles,etc. Kind of amusing way to be passive aggressive and let twitter do your talking!. Read the article for the full scoop.

I have heard a Soccer Mom talk of attending a recital, ballet practice, and a PTA meeting all scheduled at 9am! Do not ask me how; I am not a soccer mom! Coaching in the burbs, gave me the opportunity to witness these Wonder women types in action.

Soccer moms are quite efficient when it comes to arranging, scheduling, multiple events and commitments…

The first week and the first tournament on the 'Road to the US OPEN' is in the books and Marty Fish not only saves two match points but takes the trophy home from Atlanta. I hope this is more to come for Marty and since he has secured his position for the US Open he is one of the top americans this year to follow to the open and you can follow him to Los Angeles where he will be the number 1 seed this coming week at the Farmers Open. Over in Hamburg at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament…

Mardy Fish, Gilles Simon, and Vera Zvonareva were all victorious on Sunday. Fish and Zvonareva took home hard court trophies and Simon won on the red clay of Hamburg, Germany. The Atlanta Tennis Championship victory by Mardy Fish marks the first time in his career that he successfully defended an ATP World Tour title. Vera Zvonareva's win in Baku, Azerbaijan is her second title of the year and 12th of her career.

Three Americans reached the semifinal round of the first tournament of the Olympus US Open Series at the Atlanta Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The non-American left in the draw is Gilles Muller from Luxembourg. Muller will play John Isner in the first match of the day starting at 1 PM eastern. The other semifinal match is between defending champion Mardy Fish and Ryan Harrison.…